Field Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Normandy to the Baltic

Germany, Printing and Stationery Service British Army of the Rhine, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of the author's account from the preparations for the invasion of North-West Europe, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the front endpaper, dated June 1946. Illustrated with a colour map frontispiece, forty-five maps, many of which are folding, and three folding diagrams. Collated complete. The author's account of activity from his relinquishing of the command of the Eighth Army and returning to England to take over 21 Army Group in preparation for the invasion of North-West Europe, to the Battle of the Rhine and the surrender. Written by Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence, and the Second World War. Previously held in the library of Sir Robert Francis Mudie, a British civil servant and a member of the British Indian Civil Service during the British Raj. He was the last British and colonial Governor of Sind and served as the first Governor of West Punjab in the Dominion of Pakistan. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light spotting to the extremities. A singular worm hole from the title page to the seventh page. Author's inscription to the front endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 894T2

Catalogue: Military

Keywords: Normandy Baltic Montgomery Mudie Baltic Not Stated

FIELD MARSHALL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN

El Alamein to the River Sangro [ Inscribed Copy ]

Germany, Printing and Stationery Services British Army on the Rhine. 1946. Cloth, 8vo. Rare. Published for private circulation in the British Army of the Rhine. Inscribed on fixed endpaper C.E.H. Dolphin given by the author, Singapore 3 Aug 47. Book measures 22x14.5.cm. [14],158pp, 16 maps. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt crest and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed on edges, minor abrasion wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, abrasion wear on edges. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages and plates in good clean condition. A very nice copy. F. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

George Jeffery BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 014673

Catalogue: History

Keywords: montgomery

FIELD MARSHALL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN

Normandy to the Baltic [ Inscribed Copy ]

Germany, Printing and Stationery Services British Army on the Rhine. 1946. Cloth, 8vo. Rare. Published for private circulation in the British Army of the Rhine. Inscribed on fixed endpaper C.E.H. Dolphin given by the author, Singapore 3 Aug 47. Book measures 22.5x15.cm. [18],279pp, 46 maps, 3 diagrams. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt crest and lettering. Cloth very lightly rubbed, lean on spine. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed on edges. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages and maps in very good clean condition. A nice clean copy. F. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

George Jeffery BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 014681

Catalogue: History

Keywords: field marshall the viscount montgomery of alamein